Is Tesla's Billion-dollar Pay Package For Elon Musk a Sign Of Success Or Trouble Ahead? Also, Texas School Board Fights and the Missing Indoctrination and the New Research that Says Alcohol is Not Good for You

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider whether Tesla's shareholders voting to reinstate a pay package presently worth over $40+ billion to Elon Musk is indicative of things are going right, or wrong at Tesla, and in our society in general (1:41). The guys also react to the story of the Texas republican who won a school board seat to fight indoctrination that she later found out didn’t exist (28:22) and take a look at new research that suggests that alcohol in any amount is bad for you (43:30).

Elon Musk’s multi-billion paycheck just got approved by stockholders. That could be a fraction of what’s coming (CNN)

How Elon Musk’s $44.9B Tesla pay package compares with the most generous plans for other U.S. CEOs (AP)

Elon Musk and the Decline of Tesla (The American Prospect)

Expert insight: Does Elon Musk deserve his $56 billion pay package? (Audacy)

Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules

A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. (Texas Tribune)

Is That Drink Worth It to You? (NY Times)

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